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DOE JGI releases IMG 1.5 with curated archaeal genomes

...e profiles across genomes. For more details on the user interface, see What's New ( http://img.jgi.doe.gov/pub/doc/releaseNotes.html ). ...

DOE JGI finishes 100th microbial genome

... harness these capabilities." DOE JGI, a national user facility, has sequenced or is in the process of sequencing over 380 organisms, more than any other institution in the world. DOE JGI averages over 3.1 billion bases or letters of sequence generated per month, or roughly the equivalent of a human gen...

NYU algorithm enhances ability to detect cancer genes

...tharaman) are in the process of creating a simpler user interface for their software, providing interoperability across many different chip technologies, and finally, making it publicly available in order to facilitate its free and wide-spread usage. ...

African wetland managers armed with new technology

...oss 50 sites in 21 countries worldwide. Based on user requirements, GlobWetland products include base maps, land use-land cover (LULC) maps and change detection maps ?with historical Earth Observation (EO) satellite images being compared with current acquisitions to see what changes have occurred during...

PLoS ONE is launched by the Public Library of Science

...he production workflow, the author experience, the user interface, and the software that provides the publishing platform. Harold Varmus, Co-Founder and Chair of the Board of PLoS and President of the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, remarks, "For those of us who have been engaged with PLoS fr...

Uniform tungsten trimers stand and deliver

...Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory, a DOE user facility located at PNNL, to prepare and characterize the platform as well as the clusters. Using a unique approach that changed the tungsten oxide directly from a solid to a gas, the collaborators stabilized the molecular rings ?or "trimers" ?of tun...

Prototype just-in-time medical device enables untrained bystanders to save lives

...rs that transmit audio and visual cues to tell the user what to do and give him or her feedback about actions taken. The cues were based on American Heart Association protocols. Half the 40 participants used the JITS device and half did not. Those using the device not only surpassed the no-device group ...

Beyond the book: Software automates access to brain atlases

..., checking copyright and also making sure that the user has a valid copy of Adobe illustrator, and then using a JavaScript program converting the files into a standard vector graphic (SVG) format. The SVG images are stored on the users system and organized using the software, which works on Linux, Windows...

NASA snow data helps maintain nation's largest, oldest bison herd

... "The National Park Service is not a traditional user of NASA information," said Watson. "But this is a great opportunity to use NASA technology to help the folks at Yellowstone. This project lets them know what capabilities we have and enables us to try different ways to incorporate NASA data and techn...

Latest advances in DNA sequencing highlighted at DOE Joint Genome Institute User Meeting

...DOE JGI) User Meeting. DOE JGI is the world's only user facility dedicated to making high-throughput DNA sequencing available to a diverse research community and individual investigators who otherwise would not have access to such a resource to advance the frontiers of their disciplines. The meeting will ...

ESA launches new project to protect biodiversity

...opment (CCAD) and MarViva. Based on the initial user requirements, the following products and services will be generated covering the entire Centro American region, one of the main biodiversity reserves in our planet: Mesoamerican biological corridor change detection maps; coral reef maps; ocean water ...

Misusing vitamin to foil drug test may be toxic; plus, it doesn't work

...ttempt to defeat drug screening tests may send the user to the hospital—or worse. Researchers from The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia and The University of Pennsylvania reported on two adults and two adolescents who suffered toxic side effects from taking large amounts of niacin, also known as vita...

Super-fermenting fungus genome sequenced

...nt fungus genomes sequenced by DOE JGI through its user programs and contributed freely to the worldwide scientific community. ...

Deconstructing brain wiring, one neuron at a time

...entists are confronted with "is akin to a computer user who tries to figure out how the machine's electronic chip works by looking down at it; there is no way to figure out how things are connected," Callaway says. "If you were given a wiring diagram, you could begin to understand how the chip moves elect...

Ants show us how to make super-highways

...day. Professor Franks said: "I think every road user who has ever inwardly cursed as their vehicle bounced across a pothole – jarring every bone in their body – will identify with this story. When it comes to rapid road repairs, the ants have their own do-it-yourself highways agency." "When the tra...

In nature, proteins sweep up nanoparticles

...ational Center for Electron Microscopy, a national user facility that probes material at the nanoscale. Th...o Berkeley Lab’s Advanced Light Source, a national user facility that generates intense light for scientific research. Using an imaging tool called Fourier-...

Plastic that grows on trees

...lar Sciences Laboratory, a DOE national scientific user facility located at PNNL. During the swap, the molecule opens, Zhang said. “The key is to take advantage of the open form to perform a hydride transfer through which glucose is converted to fructose.” Zhang’s next step is to tinker with ionic s...

Australian wins prestigious prize in biodiversity informatics

...ware developer, Flemons is particularly attuned to user needs. His work includes innovations that simila...e applications that are intuitive and maximize the user experience for both scientists and non-scientists. Flemons' Prize will go toward engaging a broade...

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